User:Novem Linguae/Essays/Steps to reproduce
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Please provide a bug report with this information: 1) Steps to reproduce, using a bulleted list, step by step, so someone unfamiliar with the software can recreate the bug. 2) What actually happens? 3) What should have happened? 4) Optional screenshots or videos.
Please make sure your bug report contains a URL or diff, if available. Please make sure your bug report mentions the exact error message, if available.
If a developer cannot trigger your exact bug on their computer, it is very hard to fix.
Example 1[edit]
Steps to reproduce[edit]
- skin: vector legacy (2010)
- gadget: twinkle
- Visit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Novem_Linguae
- Click on the Twinkle dropdown menu (TW)
- Click on "warn"
- For "optional message", type "test"
- Click "preview"
What actually happens?[edit]
- Preview box italicizes the word "test"
What should happen instead?[edit]
- Preview box should not italicize the word "test"
Optional screenshots or videos[edit]
Example 2[edit]
Steps to reproduce[edit]
- enwiki
- go to Special:RecentChanges
- Visit the contributions page of a random IP such as Special:Contributions/2601:1C0:C800:E1D0:D5AE:455C:DCFD:6E2E
- Click on "WHOIS", which should take you to a page such as https://whois-referral.toolforge.org/gateway.py?lookup=true&ip=2601:1C0:C800:E1D0:D5AE:455C:DCFD:6E2E
What actually happens?[edit]
- "504 Gateway Time-out"
What should have happened?[edit]
- Information on the IP address
Optional screenshots or videos[edit]
